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Terminate

verb
/ˈtɜːmɪneɪt/
Word Frequency: 4.1

Definitions

1.verbTo end, especially in an incomplete state.
"to terminate a surface by a line"
2.verbTo set or be a limit or boundary to.
3.verbTo kill.
4.verbTo end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.
5.verbOf a mode of transport, to end its journey; or of a railway line, to reach its terminus.
6.adjectiveTerminated; limited; bounded; ended.
7.adjectiveHaving a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude.
"Mountains on the Moon cast shadows that are very dark, terminate and more distinct than those cast by mountains on the Earth."
8.adjectiveExpressible in a finite number of terms; (of a decimal) not recurring or infinite.
"One third is a recurring decimal, but one half is a terminate decimal."

Synonyms

break offdiscontinuestopaxefiresackdismissceasegive the axeforce outendfinish

Antonyms

continue

Rhymes With

elucidatearticulatedesolatefacilitateprofligateexplicatedeliberatedelineate
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